Vehicle-wheel.



J. E. HARROD.

VEHICLE WHEEL.

APPLIOATION FILED FEB. 10, 1908.

Patented Mar. 9, 1909.

my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross section of the JOEL E. HARROD, OF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

EHICLE-WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 9, 1909.

Application filed February 10, 1908. Serial N 0. 415,212.

" This invention relates to a yieldable vehicle tire novided with a tread composed of solid rub er, fiber, wood or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a non-collapsible resilient vehicle'tire with a tread formed of firm material which is adapted to be substituted for the pneumatic tire now in general use.

The nature of said invention will appear from the drawings and the following description, which are made a part hereof, 1n which Figure 1 is a detail view in side elevation of construction shown in Fig. 1

In the drawings, 1 constitutes the wood felly of the wheel, 2 the spokes, and 3 a metallic tire or band surrounding the periphery of said wheel. Surrounding the metallic tire 3 and lying at a greater radius is the tireplate 5 which is formed out of thin sheet metal which is reinforced at each side by having its edges bent outwardly with areverse turn so that the edges of the said tire-plate will rest against the outer surface of said late.. These edges provide ribs to strengthen the tire-plate and also form a channel of the latter which receives'the tir'e 7. The tire 7 maybe com. osed of solid rubber, fiber, wood or the like 111 order to reduce the frictional wear to a minimum. The tire 7 is not depended upon to furnish the desired resiliency for the wheel, this being attained by means of a pair of supporting springs 10 in which one is mounted on each side of the folly 1 and extend circumferentially around the wheel. The tire-plate '5 does not rest directly upon the supporting springs 10, they being separated by means of a plurality of yokes 12 which are equally s aced and are firmly secured to the inner sur ace of the tireplate 5 by means of the rivets 13. The extended sides of the yokes-terminate in the feet 14 which are formed on a curve to correspond to the external formation of the suporting springs 10, u on which they rest.

he tire-plate 5, am the tire 7, are held a ainst circumferential movement'by means 0 the U-shaped bolts 1.6 that pass through the yoke's and around one of the coils of wire forming the supporting s rings 10, and the threaded ends of these olts are provided with the nuts 17. The construction, or formation, of the yokes 12 is best shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. g

The wheel, as before stated, is provided with a pair of supporting s )rings 10 for supporting-and imparting resiliency and yieldability to the outer tire 7. One of these springs lies on each side of the wheel, along t e line of the telly 1, and extends circumferentially around said wheel. These supporting springs are retained in their respective positions and relation with the felly 1 by means of a plurality of clips 20 which are provided with a central groove or notch to overhang, or hook over, the metallic tire 3 that rests upon the periphery of the folly 1, which arrangement will prevent lateral movement of said clips. These clips terminate at each side in the curved feet 21 which engage and rest upon the exterior surface of each of the supporting springs 10. The clips 20 are made fast to the springs 10 by means of a plurality of U-shaped bolts' 22 which pass through-said clips and take over one of the strands of wire forming said supporting springs, and the free ends of said bolts are threaded to receive the nuts 23. The clips 20 are held against circumferential movement by means of the tie-bolts 24 which mss through said clips and through the felly 1 and are provided with the nuts 25.

It will be noted that the supporting springs 10 impart the necessary resiliency to the outer tire 7, and, also, hold it at all times in its roper osition. The stress is distributed to 0th si es'of the wheel. so that no )art will be unduly taxed. 'hen the trea 'of the tire 7 rests u on the ground and issustaining the weight t 1e pressure will be applied to the supporting springs 10. The arrangement of the invention issuch that a proper distribution of the stress is secured \VhlO-ll'Wlll prolong its usefulness.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with a vehicle wheel, a tire, a tire-plate circuniferentially arranged, at a greater radius, of said wheel, yieldable means-arranged at eacl plurality 'of \OliOS secured to said tire-plate able means. an a plurality of clips adapted 1 side of said wheel, a i

to partially embrace both the periphery of the wheel and said yieldable means.

2. The combination, with a vehicle Wheel, a tire, a tire-plate arranged circumferentially, at a greater radius, of said'wheel, coil springs arranged on each side of said wheel, a plurality of non-yieldable yokes secured to said tire-plate and provided with feet adapted to partially embrace said springs, means to secure said yokes and sprlngs together, a plurality of non-yieldable clips provided with feet to partially embrace both the periphery of the wheel and the coil springs, rneans to secure the clips to the wheel, and means to secure the clips and springs together.

3. The combination, with a vehicle wheel, a tire, a tire-plate provided with reiniorced edges and arrangedcircinnferentially of said wheel, an outer tire adapted to be retained by said tire-plate, springs arranged at each side of said wheel, noh-yieldable arched yokes secured to said tire-plate and adapted to partially embrace said springs, bolts adapted to secure said yokes to said springs, non-yieldable clips adapted to partially embrace both the periphery of said wheel and springs, and bolts adapted to secure said clips and springs together.

In witness whereof, I, have hereunto set my hand and seal at Indianapolis, Indiana. this, 31st day of January, A. 1). one thousand nine hundred and eight.

" JOEL E. llARROl). [1,. s.]

\Vitnesses F. W. WoERNER, la. B; lVoEnNnn. 

